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Pecan Festival

PECAN FESTIVAL!

October 18, 2011

If you have been reading this site for any amount of time you know that the Pecan Festival is my favorite event (though the fair is moving up in life).  I absolutely love to see so many people coming together in downtown Florence.  It brings all of my favorite things to one place– friends, family, [...]

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Nervous

November 4, 2010

Y’all…I’m starting to get nervous. What if they forget the fried strawberries again this year? WHAT WILL I DO!? (Don’t forget the Pecan Festival is Saturday. I will be there, will you?)

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PECAN FESTIVAL!

November 1, 2010

Don’t forget the Pecan Festival is THIS Weekend! You KNOW that I will be there, blue hat and all. Details here: Florence Pecan Festival All you have to do is search google to see how much I love the Pecan Festival. I will even be Running (or walking) like a Nut in the Pecan Festival [...]

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Cooler Weather, exercise, and ADD.

September 15, 2010

The mornings are just enough cooler now that outdoor exercise seems actually tolerable. I know there are a lot of walks and runs coming up and I am going to be adding them to the calendar. I have gotten lots of emails from teams raising money for the Heart Walk and I am sorry I [...]

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Pecan Festival!

November 19, 2009

Another Pecan Festival has come and gone, and I think this festival is going to be a long term success! As you know, I think Florence has been woefully lacking in the festival department prior to the Pecan Festival. How can we be a southern town without a festival? Despair no more… we finally can [...]

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Pecan Festival Cook Off

November 4, 2009

Did you know that there is a cook off at the Pecan Festival this Saturday?  I actually did NOT know this until I went plundering around the website. The cook-off will be held on Nov. 7th in downtown Florence, in the Irby St. parking lot of Central UMC, between Cheves and Evans St. Please arrive [...]

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Kids Zone at the Pecan Festival!

October 30, 2009

McLeod Health “Kids Fun Zone” DJ-Maurice Coleman 10:00                  Opening Ceremony (in front of City County Complex, 180 N. Irby St.) SPORTS COURT – CHILDREN’S STAGE 10:30-12:30       FJFL Chick-Fil-A Cheerleading Expo 1:00-1:45            Williams Middle School  Phat Pheet 1:45-2:15             Fitness World Aerobics 2:15-2:30             North Vista String Ensemble 2:30-2:45             North Vista Dance Group 2:45-3:15             Sumter Double Steppers [...]

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2009 Florence Pecan Festival Schedule

October 29, 2009

2009 South Carolina Pecan Festival Entertainment Schedule Stage 1:     First Reliance Bank Stage 10:00 a      Wilson High School ROTC & Band Invocation Welcome 10:30 a      Florence Men’s Choral Society 11:30 a      Anisha Green (10 yr. old opera singer) 12:00 n      Kelly’s Fine Arts & The KFA Dance Company 12:30 a      Flowtown Band (Rock) 1:30 p       [...]

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